I'm Matt Downey, an AI product designer and curator of what matters next.
I'm currently building AI-powered software as the Head of Design at Atlas UP. I also send Digital Native, the newsletter for designers in the AI era.
- Burning the late night oil (and tokens) trying out Fable 5 and /workflow on a component library consolidation. 10 minutes of work and already 52% of my 5 hour window is gone. Token hungry is an understatement. 💸
X / TwitterToday - Ladies and gentlemen, start your (token) engines!X / TwitterToday
- When Description Becomes the Bottleneck
Newsletter4d ago - Poke just made me feel something I haven't felt yet with AI... Teased and low-key provoked out of nowhere. I sat there looking at this response and thread back for a while, still has me a little weirded out. I haven't talked to Poke since, I kinda don't know what to say. 😅
X / Twitter3d ago - This is the first #WWDC in recent memory that has me optimistic. Hoping Apple is finally going to be more "Apple" next week and bring their OS offerings into the brave new AI world.X / Twitter1w ago
- Personal Branding Won't Save Your Thinking
Newsletter1w ago - AI, Agents, and What Developers Actually Do Now
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